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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: _Jono_ on April 08, 2012, 11:26:33 PM

Title: Nuno Bettencourt tone , grown right here in the UK. Which BKPs
Post by: _Jono_ on April 08, 2012, 11:26:33 PM

hi forum,

I'm looking for a pair of humbuckers to slot into an old '89 RG570 (basswood body with maple neck and rosewood board) with a view to capturing a tone that resembles Nuno's tone somewhere between the second and third extremem albums.

Everyone says I'll need a Bill Lawrence pickup, but I'm wary of having one sent from America when I'm not 100% sure of the hype and the mystique of which is the right one to get.  BKP seems to offer a wide range of pickups and also lets me "buy British".

So where to from here?

Title: Re: Nuno Bettencourt tone , grown right here in the UK. Which BKPs
Post by: ericsabbath on April 09, 2012, 02:07:10 AM

cold sweat for the bridge, riff raff for neck

Title: Re: Nuno Bettencourt tone , grown right here in the UK. Which BKPs
Post by: _Jono_ on April 10, 2012, 06:21:40 PM

Thanks Erik, your advice is greatly appreciated :)

Title: Re: Nuno Bettencourt tone , grown right here in the UK. Which BKPs
Post by: darkbluemurder on April 11, 2012, 09:48:03 AM

I agree with Eric. The Cold Sweat bridge comes very close to the tone Nuno has in "Decadence Dance" of the Pornograffiti album. Don't know about the neck pickup really - does he use it at all?

Cheers Stephan

Title: Re: Nuno Bettencourt tone , grown right here in the UK. Which BKPs
Post by: ericsabbath on April 11, 2012, 03:44:45 PM

Quote from: darkbluemurder on April 11, 2012, 09:48:03 AM

I agree with Eric. The Cold Sweat bridge comes very close to the tone Nuno has in "Decadence Dance" of the Pornograffiti album. Don't know about the neck pickup really - does he use it at all?

Cheers Stephan

he uses a duncan '59, but most of his tones are bridge only

Title: Re: Nuno Bettencourt tone , grown right here in the UK. Which BKPs
Post by: Attica! on April 11, 2012, 04:00:54 PM

Tim told me the Riff Raff neck is the closest to the Duncan '59, so maybe that may be a starting point?

Title: Re: Nuno Bettencourt tone , grown right here in the UK. Which BKPs
Post by: Mr.CirKus on April 19, 2013, 02:13:38 PM

Quote from: _Jono_ on April 08, 2012, 11:26:33 PM

hi forum,

I'm looking for a pair of humbuckers to slot into an old '89 RG570 (basswood body with maple neck and rosewood board) with a view to capturing a tone that resembles Nuno's tone somewhere between the second and third extremem albums.

Everyone says I'll need a Bill Lawrence pickup, but I'm wary of having one sent from America when I'm not 100% sure of the hype and the mystique of which is the right one to get.  BKP seems to offer a wide range of pickups and also lets me "buy British".

So where to from here?

Hi Jono, so what did you do ?

Title: Re: Nuno Bettencourt tone , grown right here in the UK. Which BKPs
Post by: darrenw5094 on April 20, 2013, 05:50:08 PM

Quote from: Mr.CirKus on April 19, 2013, 02:13:38 PM

Hi Jono, so what did you do ?

Jono only posted twice on here and that was over a year ago. One a side note, i would have said the Mule neck would cover the SH-1 '59.